Closing their question to stem the barrage of answerers who then froth at the wrong angle hinted at the first draft seems polite and helpful
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randomOct 29 '12 at 16:19

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Welcome to Stack Overflow. This question is extremely hard to understand. Please make it clearer how you want to parse HTML with regular expressions. Thanks!
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PëkkaOct 29 '12 at 16:19

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@random closing questions rarely, if ever, actually help teach people how to improve on SO.
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GrammarOct 29 '12 at 16:21

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@azulflame: only because they're too lazy or ignorant to read the notice and subsequently follow-up with the FAQ...or look at the millions of un-closed questions for examples of not-horrible questions.
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user7116Oct 29 '12 at 16:24

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First off, if I make a significant edit to a question I'll leave a comment explaining the purpose for my edit and what I changed. This can often help alleviate the feeling of "someone ninja-hacked my question!" that I occasionally see.

Second, if the OP decides to revert the edit, that's their choice, so I just move on.

If I feel what I had in my edit really needs to be said, then I'll leave it in a comment, but what I absolutely do not do is re-implement my edit. The OP obviously disagreed with the edit because they reverted it, and it's their question, not mine.

You tried your best to help out, and your help wasn't appreciated, so move on and help someone else :)